Aimée: Lomé, Togo Six days a week, Aimée rises before dawn to begin the 90-minute commute to her employer’s home in downtown Lomé, Togo. Her work day runs around 10...
Cheryl: Doha, Qatar It’s her day off, and Cheryl has just returned home from a monthly social event hosted by the Bayanihang Domestic Workers Association of Qatar (BDWQ). Usually about...
Eddy: Santiago, Chile After 43 years in the sector, Eddy knows all too well that domestic work takes a physical toll. It’s nice to know, she says, that there will...
Lita Anggraini is one of the most prominent activists fighting for the rights of domestic workers and women in Indonesia. She is one of the founding members of the International...
Details “We have a master’s degree in our minds!” An ininterrupted education did not interrupt Nellie’s ambitions Nellie Dina Kahua, the General Secretary of the Namibia Domestic and Allied Workers...
Emebet organizes domestic workers in Ethiopia Details “Domestic workers are at a disadvantage and the international community should know that.” Emebet is a 28-year-old domestic worker in Ethiopia and a...
IDWF Calendar 2022 Details Determination, Solidarity, and Internationalism:The Centrale Générale FGTB (ACCG) fights for workers in Belgium and Beyond We start our year with the photo featured for the month of January:...
Asmaou Bah sets an example, SYNEM-Guinea Details We must employ pregnant, breastfeeding women, and mothers:Asmaou Bah sets an example Asmaou Bah Doukouré, the general secretary of SYNEM-Guinea, the national domestic workers’...
Income generating activities for dispossessed workers, IDWF Calendar 2022 Details SYNEMAG-B is playing many chords: Income generating activities for dispossessed workers The photo featured for our February month was taken on...
War hits everyone, but it hits hardest those who are already vulnerable. Just when it
This April 21 will be a memorable day for domestic workers in Indonesia and for our movement around the world....
Folha de S.Paulo, one of Brazil’s leading and most influential newspapers, published an article featuring the IDWF and migrant domestic...
The Hong Kong Federation of Asian Domestic Workers Unions (FADWU) has secured two key commitments from the Labour Department aimed...
The Jamaica Household Workers Union (JHWU) marked its 35th anniversary under the theme “35 Years of Strength, Dignity and Solidarity”...
At a high-level event held on November 17 in Amsterdam, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions...
Shirley Pryce, a historic leader of the domestic workers movement, has been appointed as a member of the UN-Habitat Advisory...